Mask

29-60-65

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-60-65
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kekchi
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Black face with white eye balls; hair and beard represented. For the so called Deer Dance [xahol keh.] "The dancers throw skins over their shoulders, run about dumb or gronting, sometimes act the part of dogs treeing a puma."

Height 19 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 199 - Field No SF

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